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    BELLEVUE GAZETTE.
HENRY M. BURT,
News and Local EJitor.
BELLEVUE, N. T.
THURSDAY. JULY 29, 1S58.
Italn, Thunder and Lightning;.
These western regions have been vis
i ted to abundantly of late, with these
three elements, that we are naturally led
to an examination of the laws by which
they are governed. We often hear the
expressions, "It rains, it thunders, it
lightens." Dut if we inquire, what rains,
what thunders, and what lightens! we
shall find that we have been making the
little pronoun ' it," the scape-goat of our
own ignorance. In this enlightened age,
we talk just as ignorantly about the ac
tion of these elements, as the ancients
did about the thunder-bolts of Jove.
That water falls we all know, that the
electric fluid darts hither and thither and
a report is heard, every one of us under
stand; but the causes of such existing
phcric air, there is as much moisture as
it will contain, it is clear, that by the ad
dition of other clouds, there must be a
discharge. The compressure of tho at
mosphere by such addition, as well as by
the violent agitation of the lightning must
result in an increased full of rain. Just
as a sponge, filled with water, beinp com
pressed, must discharge a part of its con
tents. When clouds, then, are small and
scattered and move nearly in the same
direction, there is no show of rain, but if
the reverse, beware. To learn when
rain may be expected, we have only to
fix our eyes upon a certain cloud, and if
it rarifies and scatters, there will be no
raiu ; but if it attracts its neighbors, be
comes more dense, and emits the electric
fluid it is certain that it will discharge it
self in the region where it is located.
CHAUCER.
The Chops i New York. A week's
travel and observation throughout those
J onions of our State, traversed by tho
ie and Central Railroads (embracing
about half the fifty-eight counties,) have
not confirmed the glowing reports which
reach us through others of the treneral
phenomena, and the luws by which they condition of the crops in this Slate. Our
r onvni-neJ. but verv few of us tinder- notes sum up as follows :
ila)(j Rye (just ripening,) thin and light
' , , ., ... . , will not average ten bushels to the acre.
Those who have pa.d any attention to Whe&t but laJly cut up by
the matter, have noticed that a copious de- the midge. In Livingston and kindred
descent of rain from the clouds, follows wheat-erowinjr districts, large fields are
almost every report of heaven's artillery.
Also that the rain is usually in the direc
tion of iha liirhtninir. If the report be
ava - - 9
overhead,; we are pretty sure to get a
drenching ; but if the rumbling be in the
distance the drops descend elsewhere,
we fear them not.
The experiments of Dr. Franklin,
utterly destroyed. The yield throughout
the State will not average ten bushels to
tho acre.
Hurley, largely sowed, and looks mis
e.rably.
Oats, backward and very uneven, but
may yield a light average.
Indian Corn, very spotted, and general
ly small, presenting in daces a vellow.
drowned look, but in the main of good
News i rom the Teleoraph Fleet. I From the Natte Valley TlmeS.
We are gratified to be enabled to lay How Can You Fence Your Prai
rie Farms I
This quesiion is frequently asked, and
before our readers some definite intelli
ence with regard to the Telegraph Fleet.
It will b seen by our dispatches that the j, SUpposrJ by many to lo unanswerable.
vessel vuice munroe, which arnveu "i ' Hut it is easily answered
T.L t .
Boston yesterday, was in company with
the Fleet, on the 27ih of June. Two un
successful attempts had been mnde to sub
merge the cable. No disaster had occurred,
and confident hopes are expressed of ulti
mate success. The weather has been
extremely unfavorable, and on this ac
count operations had been retarded.
it. Louis Jewi, 17A.
The Cincinnati Gazette, of the 15th,
thus states the condition of financial af
fairs in that city :
Of first class business paper there is
very little offering, for the reason that
mercantile operations are not extended
beyond the limits of individual means,
and in the majority of cases the latter
even, are not absorbed by current transac
tions. Rates of interest range from eight
to twelve per cent, for strictly No. 1 to
good paper, but names upon which mon
ey would be loaned at the inside figure
are used to a limited extent only. Capi
talists are anxious to find use for their
surplus funds, but it is found impossible to
prevent an accumulation of currency with
out lowering very materially tho (stand
ard by which paper is classified. This
there is no disposition to do, for notwith
standing the abundance of unproductive
We can easily fence our prairie farms
with osage orange hedge. Hut, it is ob
jected that the osage orange will not
endure the cold winters ot this latitude.
In answer to this objection I can with
pleasure inform you that the osage orange
has endured the coldest winters ever
known in this latitude, and also that it is
successfully cultivated much farther north.
In Mills County, Iowa, about tern miles
east of riatismouth, there is a good osage
orange hedge, which has withstood the
severity of the last four winters, and is
now a good fence. The osage orange is
successfully cultivated in this county, and
we have good reason to believe that it is
admirably calculated for fencing prairie
farms. An experienced cultivator of the
osage orange, in a communication pub
lished in the Patent Reports, said, that if
any one would enumerate all of the good
qualities that were desirable in hedge
plants, it would be found that the osage
orange possessed the whole of them. It
is easily cultivated, is of rapid growth,
endures the winters admirably in this lat
itude, is the most thorny plant ever known,
and no anjmal will eat or touch it the sec
ond time. It is highly ornamental ; does
not spread by sprouting from the roots, or
in any other way. It is naturally a phrub,
and is not injured by being pruned into
i . . ti
money, mere is a manuesi unwi. ungues , u L - cneasiIy- be mada t0
Ia ihuatl in onnnntiaa that rnnnnl nnp Iho . '
test of a strict scrutiny.
clearly demonstrated that electricity and color and growing fast. Unless damaged
lizhtnine were the same thing; and the by premature frost, the crop will probably
connection of rain with electricity, shows be a lnrg verag"
Uiai U1U luUCl I1U9 DUIIIClMUIg W Ml ill
There is at least an
planted.
Grass nrettv fair, and bevond anv con-
the production of the former. The earth tingenry but that of bad weather in hay
and every thing around it, possesses more Ing, which is already begun. Consider
or less of this electric airent. The clouds, able was caught out and badly damaged
Salt Lake News. By a private dis
patch we learn that the Mormons had re
turned to their homes in the city. Gen.
Johnston entered the city and passed on
through, and is encamped some thirty
miles on the other aide of it. v bat can
be the object of such a move on the part
of the U. S. forces leaving the city again
after having entered it, we are at a loss
to conjecture. Probably by the next ar
rival we will be able to lay before our
readers a more detailed account. The
mail from Salt Lake will arrive here to
do y.Sl. Joe Gazette, 23i. .
composed of water, niter, aulphure and
salt, which the heat of the sun causes to
rise above the Burface of the globe, are
charged with this subtle agent. The
amount of electricity depends somewhat
upon the density of the cloud. For in
stance, the lightest and most rarified
cloud, two miles in bight, possesses but
... i . i . j
very tmio electricity ; ma mur ucu., Mrs Thurlow Weed died in Albany
ranging within one mile, proportionally ttt noon juY 3. ner aefia had been
by the showers of Saturdy,
Potatoes, largely planted, and though
late, looking well. No symptoms of rot
yet.
Gardens are very thrifty, except where
suffering for the intervention of the hoe.
Generally, the Corn and Potatoes have
been well cared for since they were
planted we think better than usual.
JV. Y. Tribune, 10th.
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more ; ana tne most aense, wimm un u
mile of the ground, is surcharged with
this powerful element.
' Not only are the clouds thus charged
with electricity, but they are charged ei
ther positively or negatively, and as such
they have the power of transmitting this
current from one to another, or to other
terresiial objects that are likewise conduc-
tors.
lontr, and for a lonr time its consumma
lion not unexpected. The sympathies of
men of all parties will be with Mr. Weed
in this heavy affliction, which is all the
more painful from the recent loss of his
only son.
Lucie Murat. Most or our citi
zens who have visited Bordentown, N. J
will recollect having had pointed out to
them an old-fashioned house, which was
When two clouds approach each 1 a few years ago used as a residence by
other, either by their own cohesive attrac-
Lucien Murat, and, at the same time, as
..1 1 1 .1. . 1 f
t.on. or by atmospheric action ; one being which wm Mum ,
charged positively and the other negative- formerly Miss Frazer, an American by
ly, the subtle fluid with which they are birth, long labored hard to procure a sub
charged, rushes to embrace each other sistence for herself and her worthless and
with such velocity as to cleave asunder dependent husband.
, ' . , . We recollect once having made a visit
the atmosphere through which it passses, ,0 lhe 8choo) and there hemg introduced
The filling up of this momentary vacuum to the son of the illustrious Murat, and
by the air, produces a concussion, the re- the beautiful Pauline Bonaparte. Tho
t ...Wk ;. rll- thim.Ur. Th many years have passed since then, and
. . , 1 Lucien Murat is the cousin of Louis Na-
p,mve cloud possesses more electricity js ow prjnce cf (he Empire
than naturally belongs to it, the negative of Frincet ,nd his hard working wife
one leas ; the passage of the superabund- occupies the Elysee Bourbon at Paris,
ance of the one to the other, produces an our remembrance of him, seated on the
-..:i:v.: J . front porch of that small house in Borden-
JL .v : .t. ...t. u .. own. tnredm a very ragged dressing.
yon me icpui. . u.o H.- ,own nd dir,y capi 8inoUir)g a common
libnum. ihunuer ana ngnining Dear icay p,pe, 8nd looking altogether I1V11
the same relation to each other as the very vulgar Dutchman, cannot be oblit.
flash and the report of a cannon "le1 bJ L"T lh? rand rePort
I nnw rpar-h us. of " those mnnv virtues ana
The falling of water, called rain, in niosl affable nd courteous bearing, which
connection with thunder and lightning, is render him so popular in France."
doubtless attributable to more than one Though his lot now is cast in pleasant
cause. Some have supposed that the air is PIace, lh.V .r h,,.w,f " ?01,80 ,8moolh
. ,. . T , . as considering her past troubles it
rendered adhesive and tenatious cf mois- Bho(ld be w 8ee by a ,at, pnper ,hat
ture in proportion as it is charged with her brother, formerly a resident of New
electricity, and that when this electric flu- York, and a gentleman of wealth, fash-
id leaves the murky cloud, its capacity for ". nd leisure, was arrested last week,
, ,,. ... 1 . near Baltimore, and re-commtted to the
holding moisture is lessened, in proportion . t Morestown, N. j., from whence
as it becomes rarified. Hence an in- he had escaped, when under confinement
creased fall of rain after each discharge for counterfeiting. Woman Advocate.
of electricity. Or. to use a common ex
pression, It rains easy. l estimated that the total damage to
t . . j .u ii- - property at Cairo, caused by the small
But to our mind the falling of water. P J M down lheiist60.
from the clouds, is much more attributable QOO. Of this damage $7000 worth has
Early yesterday morning the Calliope
Twiiight came down from her long trip
in the regions of the far North-West,
discoursing sweet music as merry as a
bell. The Twilight left this city, loaded
with government freight, 011 a wild trip of
adventure towards the head waters of the
" far distant river," on the 28th of May,
and has consequently, been out forty days
and forty nights, bhe went one hundred
and fifty miles beyond iho Yellow Stone.
r ound some of the Indians rather inclined
to be hostile but they took care not to man
ifest their hostility as she had about forty
soldiers aboard for their especial benefit.
The Twilight removed Fort Randall to
some point above the Yellow Stone. En
countered very cold weather. The snow
was just beginning to melt on the Moun
tains when she left; river rising all the
way down. The Twilight received 811,
50 per hundred for all her freight up, she
had to defray the expenses of having it
shipped in keel boats five hundred and fif
ty miles farther than she went, bhe re
ceived $2, per hundred for freight down.
Had on board over three thousand bales
of robes, besides other furs. Chai les Pre
more an old Mountaineer, his squaw and
two or three children came passengers
on the Twilight. Premore has left his
mountain home forever, and intends to
settle down permanently in St. Louis
county. The 1 wilight will clear this trip,
the enormous sum of 3oU,U00. Captain
Holland of the Steamer Alonzo Child,
swears tha: this is more than all the low
er boats will make this season all put to
gether. Shoudn't wonder.
After tarrying a short time, the Twi
light left, blowing Yankee Doodle sky
high on her calliope. St. Joseph Journal.
thicken at the bottom, so as to fence
against pi(is, chickens and rabbits, and
four feet high, is the best kind of a fence
against horses, cattle, hogs, dogs, sheep,
geese, ducks, shanghais and boys. It
will neither rot down, blow down, wash
down, or burn down, and what good
qualities can be asked for in a hedge that
the osage orange does not possess ? Large
quantities of osage orange are now grow
ing in various parts of this county, which
will bo sold cheap, and anyone who wish
es to inclose a field with a hedge should
prepare the ground in season. If the
ground where the hedge is to stand is not
yet broke, it thouid be done as roon as
possible, so that the turf may become rot
ten by fcpring. Then plow the ground
again, and plant as early as April.
lhere are various modes ot preparing
the ground, and planting. Perhaps the
most expeditious method is to Jraw a fur
row, leaning them against the side, and
protecting them by slightly coveiing them
with dirt, when the whole row is set, turn
back the furrow with the plow, covering
the'plants entirely. They will live better
by beins covered. One row is sufficient
to form a good hedge, and the plants
should not be more than eight inches
apart in the row. Before the plants are
dug from the nursery, they should be
cut close to the ground, and while grow
ing in the hedge, they should be cut two
or three times each season, so as to cause
them to branch freely at the bottom. The
great obstacle which is anticipated is win
ter kill'ng, but it is not so much to be
feared as fall killing. A severe frost in
the fall, when the hedge is in full growth,
is more likely to injure it, than any win
ter freezing. In order to prevent fall
killing, plant your hedge on high ground,
and cut back at least three times a year,
in March, June and September. This
will soon form a good fence, and the Sep
tember pruning will check the fall growth,
so as to render 11 less liable to be injured
by the frosts of October and November.
The older the hedge becomes, the less
liable it is to be killed, and when it be
comes a fence, only one cutting a year is
necessary, and that should be done in
February or, March, when farmers have
plenty of lime to do it.
W. S. WEST.
Local & Territorial.
An address will be delivered be
fore the Bellevue Library Association, by
the Rev. Wm. Hamilton, on neit Thurs
day evening, (Aug. 5ih) at the School
House. The public are invited to attend.
Fifteen inches of rain, has fallen since
the first of this month.
Nebraska has 528,000 square miles,
while the superficial area of all the north
ern states, is only OJ4,iu, excluding
Minnesota. That has 141,000.
The quarterly meeting of the M. E.
Church, will be held in this city, on next
Saturday and Sabbath. Preaching by the
Presiding Eider, Rev. Mr. Good. Ser
vices to commence on Saturday, at
o'clock, P. M.
The Annual Territorial Election, will
take place on next Monday. The officers
to be voted for and elected, in this County,
are, Territorial Auditor, Councilman,
Joint Councilman, Four Representative?,
County Commissioner, Justice of the
Peace, and two Constables.
The contest has been an exciting one.
There are ten candidates for Representa
tives, two for Councilman, and two for
Joint Councilman, in the field, all run
ning on personal merits. Who are to be
the fortunate candidates, is hard to tell
At present it is somewhat " mixed.'
" We'll see what we shall see," about
next Monday evening.
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
We are authorized to announce that
WM. II. COOK is a candidate for Rep.
resenlative to the Legislature, from Sarpy
County.
We are authorized to announce that
STEPHEN H. WATTLES, is a can
didate for Representative to the Legisla
ture, from Sarpy County.
SILAS A. STRICKLAND, is a can
didate for Rep resentitive to the Legisla.
ture from Sarpy County.
We are authorized to announce that
THOAMS J. BOYKIN, is. a candidate
for the Council, from Sarpy County.
W e are authorized to announce that
B. P. RANKIN, is a candidate for Rep.
resentative to the Legislature, from Sarpy
County.
We are authorized to announce that
CHARLES C. NORWOOD, is a can-
date for Representative to the Legisla- '
ture from Sarpy County.
L.-L. BO WEN, is a candidate for
re-election to the Council, from Sarpy
County.
We are authorized to announce that
IENRY A. LONGSDORF, is a can-
idate for Representative to the Legisla
ture from Sarpy County.
Boats. The Watossa arrived on July
24, and the T. I. Mc Gill, on the 27th.
It will be seen in another place, that
William Clancy has announced him
self as a candidate for Councilman, from
the Counties of Washington, Saipy, and
Burt. Mr. Clancy has been a member of
the Legislature since the organization of
the Territory, and as a manager and work
er, it is acknowledged that he has had no
superiors. While he has been true to his
own County, he has always been a warm
and faithful supporter of the interests of
Sarpy County, as is well known by our
citizens, and we presume they will not
fail to reward him on Monday next, by
giving him their support. Sarpy Co mty
having had the loint Councilman the last
term, it is generally concceded that we are
not entitled to it this year. Washington
standing next in population to Sarpy, is
without doubt entitled to it.
We are authorized to announce that
ALFRED MATTHIAS, is a candidate
for Representative to the Legislature,
from Sarpy County.
We are authorized to announce that
WM. R. WATSON, is a candidate for
Justice of the Peace for the Bellevue
recinct. '
We are authorized to announce that
REUBEN LOVE.IOY is a candidate
for County Commissioner, in Sarpy Co.
GEOROGE W. DOANE is a randi-
date for Councilman from the Counties of
Washington, Sarpy, and Burt.
BowEic Rally. Gen. L. L. Bowen,
candidate for re-election to the Council,
and other public speakers, will address
the citizens of Sarpy County, at Bellevue
(in the Pubic Square) on Saturday, July
31st, at 4 o'clock P. M. All canoi
dates will have an opportunity of being
heard. Victory awaits the right on Mon
day. Per Order.
A prisoner escaped from the Wiscon
sin Penitentiary last week, in a very in
genious manner. He pretended to be
sick, and was therefore allowed the priv
ilege of walking In the yard. He then
made a sort of an image, cut the hair
from his own head, decorated the top of
image with it, and deposited it carefully
in his bunk, and took bis customary walk
in the yard At night the watch looked
nto his cell and noticed him as he sup
posed, reposing quietly in his accustomed
place. The next morning when his celt
was vistied be was still unmolested, and
on account ot his sickness was further
indulged. At noon, however, it was
thought about time he made some sign,
and the watch proceeded to stir him up.
But he wasn't there.
to condensation than to rarefaction. The
union and condensation of the floating
clouds, by their cohesive attraction, as
' well as by the action of the wind, brings
. together too much moisture to be sustain
ed by the atmosphere, especially when it
' is compressed by the lightning. A warm
' atmospheric current surcharged with va
por, comes in cootact with another cur-
rent of a lower temperature ; and these
counterfluent currents uniting, condense
and form one body. The specfic gravity
of this condensed moisture is bine bun
dred limes heavier than that of the air,
' coosequntly k descends to the earthU
tains. If in a jiven volame of stms
been sustained by the Illinois Central
Railread. The hight of the flood was
forty-seven feet above low water mark,
being two feet higher than any flood
since 177H.
The Growth or Wester Jour
alum On the 12th inst. the St Louis
Republican completed its fiftieth year, it
beinr established in July. 1S03. When
started it required but two hands to con
duct the paper, now it has one hundred
and seventy-five. Its expenses are $4,-
000 a week, or more then $200,000 per
annumn. When started it was but little
larger in size than a letter sheet, but now
it is a mammoth folio, being, with one or
two exceptions, the largest daily in the
Umed btates.
A Disastrous Fire at Ft. Leave
worth. A destructive conflagration broke
out last night, July 14, at 12 o'clock, and
despite of all the exertions of the citizens,
spread with furious rapidity, and was not
checked until one of the most densely
populated and best business portions of
the city was laid in ashes.
The fire originated in the Market Hall,
now called the Union Theater, on the
corner of Delaware and Third Streets,
and extended with fearful rapidity east,
on each side of Delaware street; north,
on the east of Third, and east on each
side of Shawnee.
After almost superhuman exertions it
wai subdued. About thirty-five buildings,
business houses and dwellings, were con
sumed. At this early moment it impossible to
estimate the true loss. Msny of those
burnt out lost their whole stock, while
that of others was partially saved. The
loss cannot be less than $250,000.
Ltavtnvorth Herald.
Womderi-ul Performance or the
Wiiio. Soon after the great tornado
had passed over this section uf the coun
try, in giving accounts of its devastations
and other effects, we mention that a farm
house near Chenona, in McLean county,
was lifted by the wind and carried three
hundred feet over the prairie without dis
tributing the dishes on the table which
had just been prepared for supper. Al
though the story was well authenticated
it was of such a marvelous character that
we found it, in common with others, diffi
cult to believe. While stopping at Che
nona waiting for the cars a few days
since, we had an opportunity of seeing
the house and making inquiries about the
matter, we found the story which had
been publisher., fully substantiated. The
house, quite a large story and a half
wooden structure, tood upon a swell of
the prairie, covered with a crowth of small
shade trees, andflas surrounded with out
houses. The family, consisting of four
fLsnns, were about sitting down to their
sapper when the tornado came sweeping
along. The house was lifted from its
foundation in an instant, and went sailing
through the air with the family, furniture,
chimneys, supper, &c, all on board
Twice during the perilous passage it
struck the ground, but so lightly as to jar
only one plate from the supper table,
which, was not broken in its fall. When
the storm had passed it was found that
the house had been carried a distance of
about three hundred feel from its founda
tions. Nothing in it had been disturbed
not even the dishes upon the table
and when the family had recovered from
the fright, they sat down and quietly ate
their supper as usual. Peona Transcript,
The Cuming City Star, says : Farm
ers are now fairly in the midst of the har
vest season. On every hand, from any
prominent eminence, the eye can survey
extended armies of golden shocks, repre
senting the power of industry and thrift
What a happy sight ; and viewing which,
how contemptible appears the field brist
ling with burnished swords and flashing
bayonets. Who has more to feel proud
of than the farmer among his golden gifts !
He looks about him upon his honestly earn
ed wealth, and can say " Nature's re
wards for industry, and no man's rights
infringed upon in the granting of them.'
When he is called upon to relinquish his
hold upon the things of earth, he is con
scious of having gained a livelihood in the
most noble manner known to man of hav
ing produced more than he consumed and
he bids farewell to this existence with more
true honors clustering around his brow
than ever gilded the name of Napoleon or
Alexander. Who wouldn't be a farmer T
John A. Nye, is erecting a building
nearly opposite the School House.
Booth and Bassett are erecting a buil
ding near Dr. Longsdorf s.
The professional card of Hon. Fenner
Ferguson, will be found in our columns
to-day. He is too well known as a man
of ability, and integrity, to need a recora
mendation from us.
Speeches will be made in this City, by
the various candidates, on Saturday after
noon, at 4 o'clock.
The New England Bards gave a Con
cert in this City, last Saturday evening to
The fare for passengers on board the a delichteJ aidience. They are without
steamer Leviathan, which is to commence 1 doubl( onu of thfl most taiented Compan
Pnrtl.nV Main. ni .nrim-. ha. b.n Uv S"a Concerts in the West
fixed as fallows: First class. $105 ; sec We hope they will not fail to favor us
ond class, $60; third class, $30. again with their sweet music.
We are authorized to announce that
O. A. VELIE is a candidate for Con
stable, for Bellevue Precinct.
We are authorized to announce that
CHARLES JOHNSON is a candidate
for County Commissioner, in Sarpy Co. ,
CARD. Fellow Citizevs of ry
County : I take this method of introduc
ing myself as candidate for joint Council
man from the Counties of Washington,
Sarpy, and Burt, and would most respect
fully state in brief, my reasons for taking
such a position.
1st. 125 of my own townsmen, among
them are Judge Wakeley, Geo. E. Scott,
Esq., and other men of note, in point of
position, among us, requested me by peti
tion, to announce myself as the candidate
on the float.
2d. We deem it but an act of common
justice to Washington Co., on the part of
Sarpy Co., to give us the man, because we
heretofore supported the Sapy Co. candi
date, in 1856, with rather an implied
understanding that Washington should
come next in turn.
3d. We stand next in ratio of popula
tion to Sarpy County, and our people think
it but right that the float should be assign
ed us this year, at Brt County next north
of us, can of course have no claims to it,
having hardly one half the population of
Washington County.
4th. As I believe it to be generally con
ceded by your citizens that have Sarpy
County and Bellevue, most at heart, that
you cannot elect a man on the Float ibis
year, from your county, and in case yon fa
vor me with your votes, you may rely up
on my being as ever, in your interest '
WILLIAM CLANCY.
The Cuming City Star states: Many
of our citizens are enjoying the luxury of
green corn the product of their gardens.
In the fields it is silking out most beautiful
ly, and stands upright and firm, uninjured
by the recent wind storms which have
swept over it. That we will have n
abundant corn crop is almost certain.
The Galveston News, of the 15th inst
says: " We learn from all parts of the
Stste that the crops of corn and cotton
never nave been known to be as good be
fore. The corn crop is made, and the
yield is ssid to be almost incredible. Oo
hundred bushels per acre is a common es
timate on bottom lands.- One of the larg
est sugar planters says, for twenty years
past the cane has never promised so well
as it does now." "